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The Multiple Faces of the Marmot: Associations with the Plague, Hunting, and Cosmology in Mongolia

Mongolians have long known of the association between marmots and the plague. We examine their understanding of the marmot not only as a biological species that can harbour the plague, but also from a cosmological perspective as a chimerical being with potential punishment on hunters who have transg...

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Autores principales: Fijn, Natasha, Terbish, Baasanjav
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8513552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34658483
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10745-021-00264-7